Box-lining machine



Dec. 7 1926.

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Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

CHESTER GRAHAM MYERS, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO LESCHEY-MYERS CIGAR.'.BOX COMPANY, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

BOX-LINING MACHINE.

Application filed may 19, 1926. Serial No. 110,15n.

My said invention relates more particularly to an improved method of, and machine for applying paper linings to the bodies of boxes, such for example, as the ordinary a wooden cigar boxes, though not limited to such use. 7

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a method by. which paper linings may be applied to the insides ofboxes withit out danger of any dirt or other foreign material dropping into the box and being retained between the box andlining, or drop-- ping into the box after the lining has been put in place.

Another object is to provide a method by which boxes may be smoothly and rapidly lined with a lining which will be free from folds at the corners.

The invention also aims to provide a machine for applying to such boxes a lining blank composed of a single sheet of paper having a bottom covering portion and four side flaps which when applied to the box, will fit smoothly therein free from folds or $53 wrinkles to collect dust and dirt.

A further objectis to provide a machine which will insert the lining while the box body isheld in inverted position, whereby any danger of dirt dropping into the same during manipulation is' avoided.

Further objects are to provide a machine which will be relatively simple in construetion, economical of production and use, and rapid and reliable in action.

With these and various other objects in view, which will be apparent from the subjoined description, the invention includes the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, the nature and scope of my invention being defined and ascertained by the claims appended hereto.

What I at present consider the referred embodiment of my invention is ilustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figural is a plan view of such a machine with parts omitted.

. Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation as seen from the right of Fig. 2. V

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail.

. whereby 6 is a partial longitudinal sectional detail with carrier parts shifted to position for taking a fresh blank.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail showing the guides, mandrel and associated mechanism. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail plan View of the box stop and its controlling means.

Fig. 8 is a sectional plan of the plunger and mandrel, with associated carrier bars. F g; 9 IS a section on line 9-9 of Fig. 8. F1g. 10 isa section on line 1010 of F 1g. 8.

Figs. 11 and 12 are respectively a plan and a side elevation of the mandrel supportlnghead or spider.

1 13 is a perspective view showina ,box in inverted position and a blank neath the same.

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the expanding plunger or mandrel.

Fig. 15 is an enlarged detail plan view of the stencil plates, and

Fig. 16 is a detail view, partly 'in section,

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and partly in elevation, showing the blank comprises a central portion of a size and shape corresponding to the bottom of the box and four flaps 2 which correspond in' size and shape to the inside faces of the side and end walls of the box. The flaps are provided with adhesive i aces, preferably only at their margins, as indicated at 2", they adhere to the box walls when pressed thereagainst.

According to my improved method I hold the box in inverted position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 13, and position the blank below the open mouth of the box and force it upward until the bottom covering portion of the blank rests against the inside face of the bottom of the. box. Thereafter I press the four side flaps outward against the inside faces of the box walls to which said flaps the secured by the adhesive referred to To support the box in an inverted position I provide horizontally disposed parallel box guides 3, supported by brackets or standards i from a. table 5 mounted upon end frames 6. The boxes are inserted in the guides, conveniently by hand from the front of the machine and delivered therefrom at the rear, a discharge chute 7 being shown as an example of any suitable means for conveying the lined boxes away from the machine.

Each box is held stationary in a prede tel-mined position in said guides by means hereinafter described and while so held the lining blank is forced up into the same by a mandrel or plunger 8. This comprises a head or spider 8 to which is secured a face plate 8 provided with suction holes I) which are in communication with a suction,v pipe 9 connected with a source of suction such as pump 10 operating in the manner hereinafter particularly described, by a. flexible pipe 9.

The mandrel is provided with four side members 8 to which are yielda-bly secured the outer ends of rack bars 11 which are slidably guided in guideways in the head or spider 8. Said head is rigidly secured to the upper end of a vertical shaft or rod 12 monntedto have axial movement in the main frame which shaft or rod is so positioned that the mandrel is directly beneath the box when the latter is in its aforesaid predetermined position.

F or connecting the mandrel sides yieldably to the rack bars I preferably secure to the outer end of each rack bar 11, a cross bar 11 which is provided with openings therethrough, which slidably receive the carrier members or pins 11 havingheads on their rear ends largerthan the openings and to the front ends of which pins or carrier members the plates or Wall members 8 are secured by means such as screws, as clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

Springs 11 seated in recesses in the bars 11 tend to hold the face plates 8 pressed I outward to the limit permitted by the heads of the carrier members 11, thus allowing the plates to yield slightly when contacting with the inside-walls of the box.

Presser wear plates 8 may be provided to take up any looseness in the rack bars, which plates may be adjusted through the set Surrounding the rod or shaft 12 isa tueoaeei bular shaft or sleeve 13 which is mounted to move coaxially with the rod 12'and also to: have a slight oscillating movement thereabout. This sleeve 13 is provided at its upper end with an elongated gear 18 with which the racks of the rack bars ll engage, these lying in pairs on opposite sides of the gear, as shown in Fig. 8,. so that 011 slight rotation of the gear the bars of each pair will be moved 1n opposite directions and hence all four sldes of the mandrelwlll be snnultaneously moved in or out according to the direction of oscillation of the shaft.

It will be understood that only a small amount of rotation is given to the shaft, as only a slight contraction of the mandrel is necessary to enable it to be readily inserted in the box.

The sides of the mandrel are preferably provided with inserts of more or less resil ient or cushion material 8 lying in position to align with the adhesive portions 2 of the flaps.

Given a box in proper position and a lining blank lying on the upper face of the mandrel. the piston of pump 10 is drawn outwardly by the operating means hereinafter described, which creates a vacuum and holds the blank firmly in place on the man-' drcl and simultaneously the mandrel is raised, to cause it to carry the blank into the box, the wings folding down a; they oncounter the sides of the box.

This elevation of the mandrel is accom phshed by springs 17 having their upper ends connected to the under side of the table and their lower ends connected to a cross head 17 connected to the lower end of shaft or rod 12.

' Downward movement of the mandrel is accomplished by a bell crank or two-armed lever articulatedon a fixed shaft 14: and having an arm 15 connected by a link 16 to a guide member 18 which is fixedly connected to the rod 12'beneath the lower end of tubular shaft 13 and slidably engages guide 6 of the main frame. The other arm 15 of the bell crank lever is connected by red or pitman 19 (preferably adjustably by a pin and slot connection, as shown) with the one arm of a rocking lever 20 fulcrumed on shaft 21, the other arm of which carries a roller '20 which contacts with a cam 22" of proper having the mandrel elevated by spring; pressure and lowered by cam action, I avoid all danger of damage to boxes that are improperly placed or misaligned with the n'ianrlrclf When the mandrel has reached the limit of its-upward movement and. the bottom lining portion of the blank seated against the bottom of the box, the mandrel is to be expanded as before explained.

- arm 26 of said lever hein connected b a rod or pitman 28 with the free end of a lever arm 29 fulcrun'ied on shaft 21 and carrying a roller 30 which coacts with a cam 31 having a contour and timing such that the mandrel is expanded only for a short period after it is in place within the box and before it starts its downward movement.

The air pump 10 has its piston rod 10 connected to a lever 32 ful'crumed on-shaft 21 and carrying'afroller 32 which coacts with a cam 33 on cam shaft 22, having a contour and timing such that the pump piston will produce suction on the up stroke of the mandrel and the exhaust on its downward movement, which latter assists in freeing the-box and-its lining from the mandrel. The pump piston .has a slow suction movement and relatively'rapid exhaust or blowing movement.

A thrust receiving head 34 is provided in line with the mandrel and in position to bear on the bottom of the box, which head is adjustably carried by a bracket arm 35 and is provided with a face of yielding material such for example as felt. v

The guides 3 hereinbefore referred toare preferably in the shape of upper and lower pairs of spaced parallel bars, the upper bars being spaced apart sufficiently to permit the passage of the box therebetween (Fig. 2),

and the lower bars projecting inwardly be yond the edges of the upper bars so as to form supports on which the box edges may slide.

One .or both of the box guide bars 3 may be adjustable by providing arms 3 secured to the table by bolt and slot connections, as shown in Fig. 1.

For holding the flap 1 hereinbefore referred to, out of the path of the plunger I provide a guide 36, Figs. 1 and 2.

The stop mechanism comprises a stop finger- 37 carried by one arm of a bell crank lever 37 fulcrumed on one of the guide rails. the

other arm of the bell crank lever extending at right angles tothe guide rail (Fig. 7) and being connected by a link 38 with a rockin member 39 fulcrumed at the front end 0 the guidera-il-or bar. A spring 40 normally pulls the link forwardly and in position to hold the stop finger in position to engage the rear side of the box and position it properly in respect to the plunger., The amount of inward movement permitted to the stop is determined by an abutment memthe incoming box so that when a fresh box is inserted the roller 42 is pressed back, which removes the stop or dog 37 from the path of the lined box and allows the incoming box to push the lined box out ahead of it. For ejecting the box from the machine I provide a continuously driven dis-' charge roller 43 having a peripheral surface of relatively soft material which will have a gripping effect on the side of the box without injury thereto, the box being held in contact therewith by an opposed idle roller 44 carried by a spring pressed arm 44 whichin turn is carried by an adjustable bracket 4-5. In my present machine I prefer to feed the boxes in by hand, but it will be obvious that mechanism might be devised for this purpose if this was deemed desirable.

\Vhile the blanks could be placed upon the mandrel by hand my machine includes Incchanical means for doing this which will now be described.

A stack of the blanks is supported upon a table46, which is adapted to be raised automatically to bring it in line with the transfer devices by means ereinafter more particularly described, and the blanks are successively transferred from the stack to the mandrel by carrier bars 47 which are'positioned in line with two opposed flaps of the blanks, such carrier bars being slidably mounted in suitable guides 4" and operated through links 46*, cross bar 46 and arm 46 fast on shaft 48, the latter carrying an arm 49 which is connected by a hnk 50" with crank arm 51 on the end of shaft 22, the latspaced from the side edges of the forward flap, these arms being carried bv vertically disposed rock shafts having arms 37 connectedby links 88 with arms 89 fast on ver- .tical shafts 90 and acted upon by springs 91' which 'tend to separate arms 86. spreading movement being limited by stops 8R abutting against the threaded adjusting rod hereinafter described: Shafts 9O carry at their'upper ends arms 92"provided,.with

rollers 93 (Figs. 1 and 3) which are acted on by cam surfaces 94 on the forward ends of 'the carrier bars. Movement of-t-he earrier bars tethe .rightislimited by stops 95,

Links 46* are connected to arms 46 by a lost motion connection such asfthe pin and slot shown in Fig. 2. V f

Before the blanks are conveyed to the mandrel the require to have theadhesive applied to t eir margins, and for this purpose I provide stencil pads 53 securedtoa vertically movable stencil carrier54. Stencil head 54 comprises cross rods on which ads are adjustably mounted, as

bracket and having clamped thereon a collar arm 54' connected by a link 54 ivith .a-twoarmed lever 54'F'fulcrumed on shaft2l, and

carrying a rollercooperating with cam 54 I on cam shaft 22.

Means are provided fol-applying glue or other adhesive to the faces of the stencil pads while they are in elevated position,

I which preferably takes the form of a tank or pan 55 for the adhesive material in which is located a continuously driven supply roll- :nections 56 from driye shaft83.

er' 56, Figs. 1 and 6. Roller 56 is driven by bevel gears 56 and chain and sprocket con Atransfer roller 57 iscarried by sleeve brackets 58 slidably. guided on 'rods 59 and operated by links 50 and arms. 61' from shaft 62. which in turn is operated in the manner hereinafter described so that whenthe stencil pads are in elevated position, the trans-f fer' roller 57, which has been in contact with succeeding one.

the supply roller 56 long enough to 'be coated thereby, is moved to the right from the position shown in Fig. 6, rolling against the faces 0f the stencil pads and leaving a coatmg of the adhesive material (thereon. Thereafter the stencil head descends and marginsiof the topmost blank, which adheres thereto andvis lifted therebyas the, stencil head rises.. It will understood that the roller movesto theright-on one ad-. I

hesive applying operation, and back for the f To" effect better adhesive distribution the roller" 57 is made axially movable on'its carrying shaft 57 and this latter is provided witha spool 57 fast there?" on which engages a slightly inclined guide rod 57 1 Fast onthe' end oflsh'aft' 62 is an arm 62" which is connected by; double link I connection 62 to the one end of,a"1everf62= i'ofthe' first order'fulo'rumed on a fixedpivot;

-- gl fl The 'otherend of the lever 62 has a roller "62 held in contact with cam 62' by spring "62'; Gem 62 is drivenby ur gears from cam shaft 22, as shown in igs. 2 and 5.

Arms 61 are'thrown to the right, Fig. 2, by

the adhesively coated stencil "pads bear ontthe f arrested form of wires 64- secur the cam action above described,.and returned springs .62". ,v

--Located immediately above the topmost on'e'ofthe pile of blanks is a supplemental table: or plate member 63 whichhas opeirrv ings corresponding to p the stencil pads through: w-hlch these project into contact with the topmost one ofthe pile of blanks, it being understood that when the stencil head is descending the carrier barsfaregin to the left (Fig, 6) by the action, of tension their extreme right hand position, .or -in other words, at the mandrelend of theinw.

chine. The operating mechanism ofthe stencil head andcarrier hers is so timed that the stencil head raises the topmost 'blankf-to a position immediately under thesupple' mental table 63, and then" dwells fora moment while the carrier bars are moved to the extreme left, or into the position shownlin Fig! 6. Thereafter the stencil head resumes 'its upward movement and the member 63' strips. the blank from the stencils',whereuponit drops on the carrier bars with the reared s of its side flaps in position to be engage b the hooked ends 47"offthe car- 'rier bars 4 ,which are then moved to convey the blank into a position directly above the mandrel;

I As the blanks are of relatively thin paper they 'would,'if unsupported, sagbetween the carrier bars. "To prevent this I provide an intermediate supporting member 64 sup or'ted by a swingarm 65 and held toparate1 or rectilinearlmovenient thereon'by par-j allel link" means "66. This member "64 is moved through camloperated'link767 con-p 'n'ectedto lever65 so that when the carrier I bars move to the leftj(Fig.11), member64' isalso movedto theleft'so that its left hand edge passes beneath the forward edge of the I blank, and as the carrierabar's advance to wards themandrelthe member 64 moves in unison with; and supports} th intermediate @portionbf the blank; during. its passage,

When the right. handbdge of m'e'm'ber64 v reaches a point adjacent the mandrel itgis;

i i ilethe carrier barscontinueito vmove and slide the blankfromjhe member 64ontothe mandreL Link '67 .is vconnected to'the' a lever 67 of the first order to crumed on a fixed pivotatfthe right hand and ofthe .maehine, which lever carriesa roller which ep ra w th c m 4 ;9w 1 8- t-F 'gtheroller' bemg held contact with the. can;

tendency of, tha blank stickingto the face of member 64 by suction' or otherwise, I rovide the faee'of member 64 with paralle-ribs 'referably-in the thereto;

- In order toelevatethe pile of emits S0 4 that the tppmost one thereof may be always presented in proper position, providege a 'y an blanks after. the removal of each blank.

In the'embo'diment shown (see Figs. 2, 6

and 10) the blank support46 is carried 'by' a slidable upright member 69 having a'rack 69 which meshes with a gear 70 splined on "cooperates apawl 74* carried b quo'usly operating ashaft 71 which also carries loose thereon a worm wheel 72, which meshes with worm 73,on worm shaft 73, means being ro- /vided for clutching gear 70 to wormiw eel rocking bell cra lever 75 operatedthrough rod 76 and two-armed blanks. I

the gear QIt" is occasionallydesirable to operate the i for a greater or less part of a cycle lever 77 fulcrumed on shaft 21,

. of feeler arm the stencil-pads aid c utch :rod 81, v clutched from shaft 71 and the latter oper atedfby hand wheel '82.

of operation to position 1 Qment oro'ther purposes,

' providehand wheel.84 journaled on a stub,

,shaftat the endof the machine,Figs.'1- and I for'moving said mandrel into and out of one arm of saidtwo-armed :leve'r carrying-a roller 77 cooperati'n with cam '7 8 carried by cam shaft 22; he other arm ofbell crank lever 75 is connected b link 80 with the-arm 68 6'8 ulcrumed on a fixed pivot, wherebyithe ieeler arm is moved up and down inisynchronism with the feed of the blanks. The descent of feeler arm .68 is limited by'contact with the top of the pile of blanks which limits the throw of. the pawl,- which merely slides on the face of one lot the teeth .until movement enough is permitted to allow it to engage the next tooth. The arm 77, being pressedtowards the cam by spring 77" is free to be held out of contact. with more or less thereof, accor'ding'to the 'plositionof contact of the feeler' arm witht e top of the pile or stack of The .feeler arm has a diagonal shank por 1 and'15, which extends across the "cut-away corners of the blanks and through the corresponding op so as to, pro ect or lie between theends of adjacent stencil pads'and -,not interfere with the movement thereof Toenable the operator to raise or lower the table 46rapidly by hand for restocking,

70 has a clutch member for coopwith a clutch onthe worm wheel, being controlled by the shifting so that the" worm wheel can be un- 'eratin machine I parts for ad ustand to do. this-I 2,thehubof which wheel is connectedb lo'ose pulley. $1 7 i A guard rail 96 is provided to protect the;

chainland sprocket gearing 85, withsha t 83, whereb the latter may be turned by the hand whee when-the driving belt is on: the

workman elevatingmeans for the blank support.46,-'co'ntrolled by ieeler member 68 conta'ctin'g'with the upper face of the pile of en corner of Preferably the supplemental table 68 is provided with relatively large openings for ,the stencil pads, and auxiliary plate members 63", having stencil openings, are adjustably connected to the supplemental table'63.

For adjusting the carrier bar guides 47 towards and from each other to accord with varying sizes of boxes, I provide right and lefthand screw threaded rods 96 connected by chain and sprocket connection 97 for adjustment in unison, one of the. shafts beng provided with a squared end for appli' cation of a turning toolor handle.

Vanousother adjustments are or may be provided for the accommodation of" various sized boxes, it bein understood that the for controlling the operation of the entire machine at will. -I claim:

1. The hereindescribed method of lining E03 bodies, which consists in holding the box 0 y lining blank into the downwardly mouth of the box body.

body in invertedposition, inserting therein and adhesive wall covering flaps, an thereafter pressing the flaps outwardly against the box walls.

"3. In a box lining machine, means for holding a box body in inverted position, and means for forcingan adhesive lining. blank up into the boxand applying itto the inner walls thereof. 1

4. In a box lining (machine, means for. holding a box body in' inverted position, a vertically moving mandrel 'arranfged'to enter said box, .means for supplying an adhesively coated lining blank to said mandrel when in its retracted position, and means for expandgfisaid plunger after it has entered the box 5. In a boxlining -machine, means for holding a box body in inverted position, a vertically movin mandrel arranged to. enter said box, means or supplying an adhesively coated liningblank to sa d mandrel, means the box, and means for applying suctionjto 4 downwardmovenient.

in inverted position and inserting a. directed 2. The hereindescribed method of lining box bodies, which consists iii-holding the box be changed to corre- [the face of said mandrel during its. upward; r

movement" and releasing said "suction on its j a Ina box lining a am holding a box 1 in inverted position, a verttcally moving mandrel arranged to enter said box and having expanding sides, means for reciprocating -the mandrel and expanding and contracting the sides, said mandrel having air ports in its face, and means for pro-' ducmg suction on said ports during the entire upward movement of the mandrel, and

a quick blowing action at the commencement of the downward movement thereof.

7. In a box lining. machine, means for holding a boxin inverted positiom'a vertically moving mandrel arranged to enter said box and having expanding sides, means for reciprocating the mandrel and expanding and contracting the sides, said mandrel having air ports in its face, a single acting air pump having its cylinder connected to said ports, and means for imparting to said piston a slow suction movement during the entire upward movement of the mandrel, and a quick exhaust or blowing movement at the commencement of the downward movement of the mandrel.

8. In a box lining machine means for holding a box body in inverted position, a vertically movable mandrel adapted to enter said box and having expanding sides, means for applying to the upper face of said mandrel a blank having side lining wings projecting beyond the sides of the mandrel, means for reciprocating the mandrel and expanding and contractin the sides, and

pneumatic means for holding the blank in position on the mandrel during the upward stroke thereof.

9. In a box lining machine, means for holding a box in inverted position, a mandrel mounted to move'into and out of the .box a support for a stack of lining'blanks having eac a bottom lining portion and integral side lining flaps, means for applying said stack to said mandrel;

11; Ina box lining machine, a table. havingaguide to permit the passage therethrough of box bodies in inverted'position,

means for engaging a box to hold it in predetermined pos tion in said guide, a man-' drel arranged to enter said box when in such position, and meansfor supplying adhesively coated lining blanks to said mandrel. 12. In a box lining machine, a table 'having a guide to permit the passage therethrough of box bodies in inverted position, means for engaging a box to hold it in predetermined position in said guide, a mandrel 1 arranged to enter said box when in such position, means for supplying adhesively coated lining blanks to said mandrel, and" means whereby the insertion of a fresh box automatically disengages saidv engaging means from the lined box.

13. In a box lining machine, means for successively holding boxes in inverted position, a mandrel arranged to enter vsaid box,

means for supporting a stack of blanks at one side of said-mandrel, an adhesive applying member located above said stack, of

blanks and movable into and out of. contact with thetopmost blank, means fora plying adhesive to said member, and means or suecessively transferring the coated blanks to the mandrel.

14 In a boxlining machine, means for holding a box body in inverted position, a

a vertically moving shaft on which said at lining mandrel having laterally moving sides.

mandrel is mounted, a rotatable sleeve surrounding said shaft and movable lengthwise therewith, means for imparting vertical res ciprocating movement to said shaft and sleeve, means interposed between the sleeve and movable sides whereby oscillationof the sleeve expands and contracts the sides, and means forv oscillating the sleeve.

p 15. In a box lining machine, means for holding a box body 1n inverted position, a

mandrel positioned to enter-said box body and havin a head member and laterally movable si es, an axially movable shaft have ing its end rigidly connected to said head I member, a sleeve encircling said shaft and movable coaxlally therewith,-means oper.a-

tively connecting said sleeve to said movable sides, a gear sphned on said sleeve, and

means for driving said gear first in ,one dis rection and then in the other.

16.-In a box 'lining machine, means for holding a box body. in predetermined positron, a shaft member movable axially to wards and from the open side of the box, a

mandrel head fast onthe end of said shaft,

mandrel sides having rack bars slidably guidedbv said head, a sleeve encircling said shaft'and movable 'coaxially. therewith. and

having a gear with which the racks of said rack bars engage, and 'means'for rotating said shaft alternately in opposite directions.

""17..In a box lining machine. means for holding a box in predetermined position, a

shaft member movable axially towards, and from-the open side of the box, a mandrel head fast onthe end of the shaft and carrying; a face plate to'coact with the box bottom," rack bars slidablyguided by said: head and ban ing cross bars at their outer ends, mandrel 7 side plates yieldably-carried by said cross bars, a gear rotatably mounted insaid head 3 and meshing with all said rack bars,b and means for oscillating said gear.

bars engage, and

head fast on the end of the shaft and carrying' a face plate to coact with the box bottom, rack bars slidably guided by said head and having cross bars at their outer ends, mandrel side plates yieldably carried by said cross bars, asleeve encircling said shaft and movable coaxially therewith'and having the racks of said rac a gear with which all for rotating said means shaft in opposite drel is within the box.

19..In a box holding a box in predetermined position, a shaft member movable axially towards and -from the open side of the box, a mandrel head fast on the end of said shaft having a a face plate to coact with the boxbottom, held by said head,

' coaxially therewith, means for oscillating said sleeve when the mandrel is within the box, and connections between said sleeve'and sides whereby the oscillation of the sleeveexpands and contracts the sides.

20. A machine for linin box bodies, having a loose flap at one e guide for the passage ofthe boxes, means for holdin the boxes in said uide n predetermine position when so he d, a mandrel the box when so held for applying the lining, and a flap guide associated with the box guide for holding the flap out of the pathv of the mandrel.

21. In a machine for linin boxes, a gu de comprising parallel side rai s for engaging the side walls of a box, guide bars for sup:

porting the lower edges of the box located below said first named rails and projecting :in'ward slightly beyond the vertical plane thereof, stop means for holding the box in predetermined position, a lining mandrel mounted to enter the box when so held, and a thrust receiving member located above the bottom of the box when held in such position. 7 V 4 In a machine for lining boxes, a'guide way adapted to permit boxes to be'passed therethrough in inverted position, stop means for-holdings, box insaid guideway infpredetermined position, a lining mandrel coop'eratingwith the box when so held, means qvhereb'y the insertion of a fresh box actuates said means to release the lined-box to permit it; to be pushed out alongthe way by fresh box, and positively riven means for eje'cting the lined box'fr'om'. the .guideway.

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23. In a machine for ma mas; 5 guide way adapted to permitboxes .to beflpassed therethrough in inverted position, umcans for holding a box in said guldeway stop directions when the man-.

lining machine, means for ge comprising aidle =roller at the oppositeside' of said guide way. v

v 24. In a box lining machine, means for holding aboxin inverted position, a mandrel mounted to move into and out of the box when so held, a support for a stack of lining blanks having each a bottom lining portion and side lining flaps, a stencil head having stencil bars adapted to impinge against the edges of the topmost blank ot' the pack, a stencil plate located above said topmost blank having stencil openings for the passage of said stencil plates, means for supplying adhesive material to said stencil plates, and carrier means for receiving the goaied blank and conveying it to the manre I 25. In a box lining machine, means for holding a box in inverted position, a man- I drel mounted to move into and out of the box when so held, a support for a stack of .lining blanks having eacha bot-tom lining the passage of said stencil plates, means for supplying adhesive material to said stencil plates, and reciprocating carrier bars arranged to move between the stencil plate and stack of blanks to receive the coated blank from the stencil head and convey it to the mandrel. a

26, In a box lining machine, means for holding a box in inverted position, a mandrel mounted to move into and out of the box when so; held, a support for a stack of' lining blanks having each a bottom lining portion and side'lining flaps, a stencil head laving stencll bars adapted to impinge against the edges of the topmost blank of the pack, a stencil plate located above said topmost blank having stencil openings for the passage of said stencil plates, means forsupplying adhesivematerialto said stencil plates, and reciprocating carrier bars ar ranged to move between the stencil plate and stack of blanksto'receive the coated blank from the-stencil head'and conve it to the mandrel, and a reciprocating b ank support for supportmg' the sheet between the carrier bars.

27. In a box lining;machine,fmeans for] holding a box in invertedposition, a, mandrel mounted'to move into and out oft-he box when so held, a vertically movable support fora stackof lining blanks, means for applying adhesive to the topmostblank and conveying it'to the mandrel, step by step operating means for elevating said blank support, and a contact member movable to contact with the top of the stackof blanks after the removal of'each successive; bla11k for controlling said step by step operhting means.

28 In a box lining machine, means for holdinga box in inverted position, a man"- drel mounted to moveinto and out of the box, a support for a stack of lining blanks, means for successively transferring the blanks from said stack to themandrel, and means for accurately positioning the blanks upon the mandrel. L

29 In a box lining machine, means for holding a box in inverted position, a'mandrel' mounted to move into and out of the box, a support for a stack of lining blanks, j

other when the' blank ison themandre lf. q 30. In a box lining machine, means fen 30" holding a box in inverted-position, a, man-;

drel "mounted to move into and "out of the f "side lining flaps, reciprocating carrier bars means for successively. transferring Qth'e'f blanks from said stack to the. mandrel and}; means for accurately positioning the bi upon the mandrel, comprising o osing side. .1 edges of the blank and spaced "therefrom"; and means for moving them toweidszeachf box, supply means for lining blanks having each a bottom lining portion'andintegral having hooked ends to engage the rear edges i of opposed flaps to convey them to the man-,1

drel, and posltioning fingersv for cooperat.-w f mg with opposite edges of the front flaps for accurately positioning-each blank on thei mandrel; In testimony whereof, I aifixmy signa.-, ture. i

CHESTER GRAHAM MYERS; 1' 

